THE-MORNING OBEGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902.
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TW0M0RESP01 CHARTERS
FREACH BARKS VENDEE AND ER
NEST! LE GOUVE TO LOAD HERE.
Lowest Rate Paid Since Last Samaer
et 1S8T Matterhorn Cornea From
Hamfeargr "With Geaeral Cargo.
. The Hat of disengaged tonnage In port
is gradually disappearing, and yester
day two of the French barks which
lost charters by failure to arrive In
time were chartered for prompt load
ing at Portland. One of the vessels,
"the Ernest LeGouve, was chartered at
24s 6d, which is the lowest rate paid
since the Summer of 1897, and is getting
down very close to San Francisco rates,
& ship being taken at the Bay City
yesterday at 23 shillings. The French
bark Vendee, which left up from Astoria
yesterday, was chartered at 26 shillings,
the apparent discrepancy in the rates
between this vessel and the Le Grouve
being that the latter vessel was originally
for San Francisco loading, and put Into
Astoria before her charter was cancelled.
This left It optional with the charterer
whether she should continue her voyage
to the point for which she was chart
tered, or accept a reasonable rate for
loading et Portland. "With freights at
23 shillings in San Francisco, her own
ers decided to keep her here.
The charter of these two ships makes
a total of 14 vessels still in the river
under charter for prompt loading, in ad
dition to four that have already finished
In March. It is hardly probable that
the fleet for March will reach the pro
portions of that of March 1901, but the
April fleet is pretty certain to be larger
than that of a year ago. The next ship
listed to finish is the French bark
Bldart, and the Lota will not be very
far behind her.
SAVED MUCH FLOUR.
Knight Companion "Wreck Proved
Profitable to the Salvors.
When the big Oriental liner Knight
Companion was wrecked in the Orient
last month, flour shippers were congrat
ulating themselves that her consignment
of 170,000 sacks of flour, which the in
surance company were obliged to pay
for, disappeared from the market.
This was not a big flour cargo for Port
land, but it was sufficiently large to
make some impression on the Oriental
market. The greater part of it was for
Hong Kong, and the ship was wrecked In
Japan, ao the wreckers immediately be
gan taking out the cargo and selling It
to the Japanese at bargain prices. They
have been so successful in their efforts,
that latest mall advices state that 53.
000 sacks had already been saved, and
placed on the Japaneso market, with a
certainty that fully 100.000 sacks would
be saved in fair condition. Some of it
was slightly damaged, but "flour is
flour" in Japan, and It did not require
a very great concession In the way of
prices to induce the Japs to take it
and cancel orders for first-class stock.
The bargain in flour may not affect
the Hong Kong market very much, but
until it is cleared up Japan will buy
rather sparingly.
' CARGO FLEETI INCREASING.
British Bark Matterhorn From Ham
bars; Added to ea Roate List.
The British bark Matterhorn, now due
at Hamburg with a cargo of wheat from
Seattle has been chartered by Girvln &
Eyre to load general cargo at the Ger
man port for Portland direct This
makes a total of eight cargo ships now
en route and enlisted for this port,
and as the list is down to about the low
est ebb of the season, it shows a smaller
percentage of ballast tonnage en route
than ever before. The charterers of
the Matterhorn are new men as import
ers In this field, but have already made
quite a start in the business. One of
their cargo ships, the French bark Ven
dee, left up from Astoria yesterday, and
will reach Portland today with about
8000 tons of miscellaneous cargo from
Newcastle, England.
Other cargo ships now due at this
port are the Brunei with coal from
Newcastle, N. S. W., and the Dovenby
Hall, from Liverpool. The latter is a
very fast vessel, and is already out
longer than the average time made by
her In former trips to this port. The
rest of the cargo fleet en route or listed
Includes the Cypromere, from Antwerp,
January 10, the Sierra Estrella. from
Liverpool, February 3, the Semantha from
Hamburg, John Cook, from Liverpool,
and the Holyrood, from Antwerp.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.
Master of Datch Steamer "Wllhel
mina "Was in the Tolls of the Law,
The master of the Dutch steamship
"Wilhelmlna, which was one of last sea
son's grain ships from Portland, yester
day bad a very narrow escape from a
protracted stay on shore. On arrival at
Port Townsend several weeks ago, the
custom-house authorities brought charg
es against him for not reporting three
Chinamen brought In by the vessel. The
grand Jury brought three indictments
against the master of the vessel, and
the case was called before Judge Han
ford at Tacoma yesterday afternoon.
The case of the ship was argued by
Attorneys H. Balllnger, of Port Towns
end, and Messrs. Bates and Murray, of
Tacomrf., arill'tbelr.demurrer to the Indict
ment was sustained 'by the court, but
the master was remanded to the grand
Jury, which meets in Spokane In April.
This was a very serious matter for the
captain, as it meant the loss of his posi
tion or the holding of the ship until
the grand Jury met On reflection, Judge
Hanford apparently decided that the
punishment was pretty severe, and last
evening he reconsidered his decision, and
dismissed the charges, and the captain
is again a free man.
NEW STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
Two Vessels to Be Placed oa Coos
Bay-San Francisco Roate.
The Coos Bay & Eastern Railroad
Company will increase the product of its
mines at Coos Bay to 500 tons per day,
and to handle the Increased output will
put a couple of steamers on the route.
One of the vessels will be tho Czarina,
well known on that route, and the other,
a new vessel. The Czarina carries 1150
tons of coal on 16 feet draft and is
accordingly a handy vessel for that
route. Tho other vessel is to be a new
craft built for that service. She will
cater to the passenger trade also. Her
dimensions will be, length 225 feet, beam
28 feet She will have a carrying ca
pacity of 1000 tons of coal on 15 feet
draft and Is to have a speed of 14
knots per hour.
SCHOONER REPORTER "WRECKED.
Coasting; Lamher Craft Strikes
Beach Near the CHS Hoase.
SAN FRANCISCO, March' 12,-Tho
three-masted schooner Reporter, Cap
tain Hazen, bound from Gray's Harbor
to this port, drifted ashore this morning
on the beach south of the Cliff House
close to the llfesaving station. The of
ficers and crew landed without much
difficulty. The vessel is breaking up and
will probably prove a total loss. The
Reporter Is owned by the E. K. Wood
Lumber Company, of this city. Her
registered tonnage is 299. She has on
board a full cargo of lumber.
Astoria Marine Notes.
ASTORIA, March 13. The French baTk
Henriette, which was recently raised by
Hale & Kern and beached at Tongue
Point, is now near Rainier, where her
cargo of redwood will be discharged, it
having been purchased by the mill there.
The vessel left up the river on Tuesday,
In ;tow of the Hercules, and upon reaching
a point near Cathlamet was allowed "to'
rest on the bottom until this morning,
when she was pumped out again, and the
Jourdey was resumed. This stop caused
a rumor to get afloat that the Hercules
had lost control of the Henriette, and
that she had sunk in deep water.
The steam schooner Sequoia cleared at
the Custom-House toiay for San Pedro,
CaL. with a cargo of 402.000 feet of lum
ber loaded at St Johns.
The British ship Conway dragged her
anchors during last night and ran Into
the wharf of the American Can Com
pany, doing several hundred dollars' dam
age to it. The vessel Itself was not injured.
Twenty Perished la the "Wreclc
VICKSBURG, Miss., March 13. The tug
Joe Seay, with Captain W. H. Morgan,
owner of the wrecked steamer Providence,
"William Curbprey, president of the Board
of Supervisors, and several others, returned
from the scene of the disaster today with
the body of "Walter Burns, colored, the
oniy one they succeeded In recovering.
Curbprey states that the Providence is
lying bottom up, and that the bodies are
probably underneath the wreckage. Every
effort will be made to recover them.
The" launch Vivian left at noon for the
wreck, carrying dynamite to blow off the
submerged cabin of the boat and securo
the bodies, if there. It is believed 20 per
sons were drowned, four whites and six
teen negroes. Pilot Johnson stayed In the
pilot-house until the boat went over, and
had to break his way out under water. He
was severely cut In the head, neck and
hands. Clark Kain went down under the
boat and had to flght his way to the sur
face. His escape from drowning was mir
aculous. He wis considerably bruised.
He climbed out on the upturned boat's
bottom, where those who were saved gath
ered until they were taken off by rescuers.
New Spanish-Mexican Lines.
MEXICO CITY. March 13. Advices from
Spain state that arrangements are being
made to establish two new lines of steam
ers between Spain and the Mexican Gulf,
and the promoters of the line say that
Spain can furnish clothB of Catalan manu
facture, preserved meats and fish, olive
oil, dried fruits and Spanish specialties
cheaper than any other country, and ef
forts are to be made to secure this trade.
The Spanish colony in Mexico is the most
numerous of all foreign colonies, and Is,
perhaps, the richest.
Put Back for Repairs.
NEW YORK, March 13. The steamer
Westernland, from Philadelphia, which,
the Italian steamer Sardegna yesterday
reported as having spoken March 11 about
400 miles east of Sandy Hook with her
low-pressure crank pin broken and re
turning to New York under her own
steam, reached this port today. In two
or three days repairs will be completed,
and the "Westernland will then contlnuo
her interrupted voyage.
BIr Flour Contract.
GALVESTON, Tex., March 13. The
steamship Cayo Romano has been or
dered here and will Inaugurate the Gal-veston-London
line, which has under
taken a contract to export 50,000,000
pounds of Texas flour to England. The
vessels are to sail regularly after the
Inauguration of the service. The Cayo
Romano is due today.
Marine Notes.
The French bark Vendee left up from
Astoria yesterday in tow of the R. R.
Thompson. The Vendee is but little over
1700 tons net register, but sho has aboard
nearly 30D0 tons of cargo.
Astoria boatbullders are enjoying a
boom, one firm having orders for Ave
steam or gasoline launches, and two
others being obliged to turn away orders
on account of rush of work.
Edmund L. "Woods, Secretary of the
Board of Marine Underwriters, with
headquarters at San Francisco, passed
through Portland yesterday en route for
the Bay City, after a business trip to
Puget Sound.
Domestic and Forelfrn Ports.
ASTORIA, March 18 Arrived down at 12 M.
Schooner Forest Home. Left up at 2:40 P.
M. French bark Vendee. Sailed at 3:15 P. M.
Steam schooner Sequoia, for Saa Francisco.
Condition of tho bar at 4 P. M., moderate;
wind northwest: weather cloudy.
San Francisco, March 18. Arrived at 8 A, M.
Steamer Latane, from Portland.
Botjulam. Arrived March 18 Steamer Mel
ville Dollar, from San Francisco, for HoQUtam.
Sailed Schooner Esther Buhnne, from Aber
deen for San Francisco; schooner San Buena
ventura, from Aberdeen for San Francisco.
Liverpool, March 13. Arrived Ivernla, from
Boston.
Boston? March IS. Arrived Saxonla, from
Liverpool.
Tacoma, March 13. Arrived United States
revenue cutter Grant, from cruise. Sailed
British steamship Glenogle, for Hong Kong;
British bark "Wanderer, for Seattle: American
baric B. P. Cheney, for San Francisco.
San Francisco, March 13. Arrived Steamer
Charles Nelson, from Seattle; steamer Queen,
from Victoria; steamer Areata, from Coos Bay;
schooner Ivy, from Coos Bay; schooner Maria
E. Smith, from Port Gamble; steamer Lakme,
from Astoria: steamer Projrreso, from Seattle.
Sailed Steamer Edith, for Seattle; schooner
Charles It Wilson, Gray's Harbor; schooner
Sophie Christiansen, for Gray's Harbor; steam
er Tltanla, for Nac&lmo.
New Tork, March 13. Arrived "Westernland,
from Philadelphia, for LlrerpooL Sailed
L'Aqultalne, for Havre; Dresden, for Bremen.
8t Vincent March 18. Arrived previously
Lulsl Campl. from Seattle.
Hamburg-. March 12. Arrived previously
Totmos, from San Francisco. Mollendo, etc
Hong Kong. March 13. Sailed Empress of
Japan, for Vancouver.
LEGISLATION FOR STOCKMEN
Secretary Martin Calls Their Atten
tion to Several Bills.
DENVER, March 13. Secretary Charles
F. Martin, of the National Livestock As
sociation, has issued a bulletin calling the
attention of etockmen to the present
status of certain bills of Interest to the
livestock Industry now before Congress.
These bills are H. R. 6565. by Congress,
man Grosvenor, -of Ohio, to prevent the
sale of shoddy goods as pure wool; S. B.
25SS by Senator Penroso, of Pennsylvania,
to provide for the Improvement in breed
ing horses for general purpose use; IL R.
10.303, providing for a permanent census
bureau and an annual classified census of
livestock; others asking for Federal old
in tho reclamation of the arid and semi
arid lands of the "West by irrigation, that
the Interstate Commerce act be amended
eo as to give the commission Judiciary
power, for the admission of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma to
statehood, and the Henry oleomargarine
bllL
After stating tho exact position in legis
lative progress that has been reached by
each bill, the bulletin says:
"Every man engaged in the industry
should immediately send a strong letter
to the chairman of the committees named
and to the Senators and Congressmen
from their state, urging upon them to
earnestly work for the passage of the
Grosvenor shoddy bill, for the passage of
Senator Penroso's horse bill, for the pas
sage of the- irrigation bill and for the
defeat of the Henry oleomargarine bill.
This will take but five minutes' time and
5 cents in canh, while millions annually are
involved and depend upon prompt and
energetic compliance with this request."
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New York at St. Louis Fair.
NEW TORK. March 13. At a meeting
of the New York Board of Trade and
Transportation it was decided to recom
mend to the Legislature that an appro
priation of not less than $630,003 be made
for representation qf the State of New
York at the St Louis Exposition, and
that a commission be appointed to pro
mote the state's interests there.
A resolution was unanimously adopted,
congratulating the city and people of
St Louis on their enterprise, and giv
ing the board's endorsement to the sue
cess of the undertaking.
Magrlc.
The way Salva-cea cures pilea,
PLEA FOR CHINESE
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punishment because he has dared to vio
late the law and come to this country to
live and labor. The deportation provisions
of the Geary law have been barbarous
and inhuman. Trifles like bills of rights
and the habeas corpus act have been sys
tematically violated because the Chinese
have no rights.
"Is the Chinaman nonaeslmllatlve?
"We deny him the right of citizenship,
we hedge him about with restrictive laws,
we give him no chance to assimilate and
then we criticise him. It has been
charged that Chinese bring gross immor
ality to this country. And It Is not sur
prising that tho statement always comes
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President Frank Strong:.
from that saintly and slnlesi city by the
Golden Gate of California. Yet China
town in San Francisco is not one-half so
bad as some of Ban Francisco's fashion
able hotels. Portland's Chinatown is not
so bad as the North End. Does any one
think the Chinamen will have fair consid
eration In legislation now pending before
Congress? It is not the cause, but possi
ble votes, that will Influence the legislat
ors. It la my hope that the Senators and
Representatives will not sacrifice self-re-specl
to votes in future campaigns."
Dr. Strong's address dealt largely with
immigration in general, and he contended
that fundamental rules must be laid down
that would apply to all classes and not to
a particular race of people. He argued
:
Dr. 8tepb.cn 9. "Wise.
that the questions to bo considered in
volved the influence of tho immigrants on
the standard of civilization of ths working
people, on the possibility of assimilation,
and upon the necessity for strong arms.
He pointed out that the task of conquer
lng Nature, of wresting from crude ma
terials the finished product had so far
progressed In the United States that it
was no longer necessary to ask aid from
other peoples.
J. T. Morgan handled the subject from
tho standpoint of a laboring man, and told
of tho resulta of competition between tho
two races, and urged the necessity for
rigid exclusion. Ralph W. "Wilbur, sec
retary of the club, read a letter from Con-
J. T. Morgran.
sul-General Ho Yow, of San Francisco,
thanking the club for the invitation and
expressing Tegret at being unable to be
present Dr. Robinson and others spoke
briefly, and It was a late hour when tho
gathering broke up.
Over 500 baseness men vrlll be at
the polls tomorrow. Every one vrlll
be a detective. Repeaters, loolc for
them, You'll gro to jail.
Funeral of Mrs. Onnhnn.
CHICAGO, March 13. Prelates of the
Roman Catholic church Joined today with
the laity and priests of Chicago and sev
eral other cities in paying tribute to the
memory of Mrs. Margaret Gertrude Ona
han, wife of William J. Onahan, who waa
chairman of the great Catholic congress
at Baltimore. The funeral services were
held at the Holy Family Jesuit Church,
the largest Catholic edifice In Chicago.
The structure proved Inadequate to ac
commodate the thousands who densely
thronged the massive structure, and filled
the surrounding thoroughfares. Arch
bishop Ireland, of St Paul, came to Chi
cago especially to preach the sermon. His
address was a tribute to her In portraying
her lifelong devotion to charity. Burial
was at Calvary cemetery.
TaaKbt Natives to Grow Cotton.
BERLIN, March 13. The negroes of the
Tuekcgee Normal and Industrial Institute
who were engaged in the latter part of
1W by the German Government to teach
the natives of Togoland. West German
Africa, how to grow cotton, have, accord
ing to the report of the Colonial Commis
sion, succeeded In producing cotton that
is graded on the Bremen exchange above
American middling. The Tuskegee ne
groes have demonstrated that much land
in Togoland is suitable for cotton. The
only obstacle to the commercial utiliza
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tion of this product is transportation, and
especially getting the bales to the coast
The Colonial Commission has sent an ex
pedition of engineer to survey for a rail
road from the ceait t Pallme, in the Interior.
NO MORI DISCRIMINATION.
Commission Pats Its Foot Dovra oa
Livestock: Rates'.
CHICAGO, Merch"l Trafllc officiate of
Western railroads are much disturbed by
an order Jnst received from the Interstate
Commerce Commission to discontinue im
mediately their discrimination in rates
against livestock shipments from Mlesouri
River and intermediate points to Chicago,
says the Inter Ocean. The Chicago Live
stock Exehange recently filed a complaint
with the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion that the Western Railroads were
making lower rates, en fresh meats and
packing-house products shipped here from
Missouri River and intermediate points
than the rates on livestock.
The traffic officials of the Western lines
have now received notice froni the com
mislon to change their rates sd as to avoid
discrimination. The commission reminded
the railway officials that last October It
made a ruling that the railroads must
not charge higher rates for hauling live
hogs than for hog products from packing-houses.
The commlslon declares that
the order made in October applies to the
shipment of fresh meats at lower rates
than livestock and wants the practice
discontinued at onca.
Harrlman Bays Another Roa&.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 13. The St
Joseph &. Grand leland Railroad, the con
necting link between thle city and the
"Onion Pacific overland reute, has been
absorbed by the latter road. There has
been marked activity In the St Joseph &
Grand Island stocks In New Tork for the
past month, and at a late hour here last
night it was learned that a majority of the
stock of the road had passed into the hands
of the Harrlman interests. The road was
formerly a part of the Union Pacific, but
upon the reorganization of the latter road,
the Grand Island became an independent
system, and has since remained sd.
The absorption of the Grand Island, by
the Harrlman Interests will give the Union
Pacific a direct entrance Into St Joseph
over Its own tracks, thereby giving this
city another direct route to the Pacific
Coast Up to within a short time ago it
was thought that the Burlington had ac
quired possession of the road.
Harrlman After EI P. & N.
SAN FRANCISCO, (March 13. The re
port that J. C. fltubbs, dlreotor of traffic
for the Harrlman roads, will bo at El
Paso next week, has given rise to the ru
more that Harrlman will absorb the El
Paso & Northeastern Railway. It la
stated that Harrlman Is anxldus to buy
this railroad for the purpose of competing
more strongly with the Santa Fe for
Southern California business.
Iowa aad the "Merger
DES MOINES, la., March 13. By a vote
of 2S to 7 the Senate this morning passed
tho Molsberry bill, whjch removes the
limit of indebtedness that may be incurred
by railways. This measure has generally
been believed to have been fostered by
tho Northern Securities Company, with
the view of making Iowa the future home
of the railroad merger.
New York-Calcaso Differentials.
NEW YORKj March 13. Passenger
agents of some of the trunk lines have
gone to Chicago to discuss the question
of passenger differentials between this
city and Chicago. The Erie claims that
it should bo allowed a rate of $17. Gen
eral passenger Agent Cooke will bring
this claim before the meeting.
St. Paul's Dividends.
NEW YORK, March IS. The directors
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Rallrcad today and declared the regular
semi-annual dividends of 33& per cent on
the preferred and 2 per cent on the com
mon stock;
LACK OF DRINKING WATER.
Pats as. End to FlghtlngT at Agaa
Dalee.
PANAMA, March II. The representative
here of the Associated Press has had an
Interview with a man who spoke with
General Castro February Id. The per
son in question was told that the gov
ernment troops would leave for Santiago
and Veragua, drinking water being
scarce at Agui Dulfie. General Ortis
has already left Agua Dulcc with 300 mn,
and of the 9C0 who remained to defend
the town many are sick becauae f the
foul drinking wattr.
When the revolutionary general. Her
rera, attacked Agua Dulce, February 20,
the only source of water for tho fight
ing troops consisted of two wells that
had been baa Illy dug and which ere not
sufficient to supply the forces. Accord
ing to this Information, General Castro
was forded to retlfft from Agui Dulce
with from 400 to BOO soldiers suffering
from thirst although General Herrera, in
his official report, says General Castro
bad about 100 followers in organized ,
form. The revolutionists had 15 Colonels'"
and Majors and 17 officers of lower rank
killed during the Agua. DUlee engage
ments. News has reached hero that Generals
Castro and Ortiz have Just arrived at
Colon with 400 men. They left a strong
garrison at Bocas del ToriJ. General
Castro reported that tho heavy losses
suffered by the forces under the com
mand of Herrera makes It impossible for
the revolutionists to attack the govern
ment for some time to come. This infor
mation has been received with great
enthusiasm her.
Sitnatlon (a Venezaela.
SAN JUAN, P. R., March 13. Advices
received hero from Venezuela say the
condition of the revolution in that coun
try is unchanged. The revolutionists are
verj' active and It is reported' that they
lately successfully engaged tn govern
ment troop.
Helnse Bnys Up (inlts.
BUTTE, March 12. F. Augustus Helnza
has acquired of Dr. Burdette O'Connor
his J2.O0O.O0O damage suit against the Ana
conda Mining Company, together with his
interest in the copper trust claim. O'Con
nor has two suits pending against the
Anaconda Company for the alleged extrac
tion of ere from veins of the coppef trust
The copper trust claim is 10 feet wide at
the base, and 75 feet long, tapering to a
point The claim Is Ideated In a slender
triangular plot of grbund between the lines
of the Johnston, Mountain View and the
Saint Lawrence claims.
Mrs. Henry C. Payne Is III.
CHICAGO, Marah 13. (Mrs. Henry C.
Payne, wife of the Postmaster-General,
is ill at the Auditorium Annex. Mrs.
Payne arrived here tonight from Wash
ington on the way to her home In Mil
waukee. Barn aad Street-Cars Burned.
ET. LOUTS, March 13. Fire at 1:30
o'clock this morning destroyed the west
barn of the Eastern avenue sheds of the
St Loula Transit Company, together with
7e cars. Loss, 5125.000.
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Contracts for Enscllsa Warships.
LONDON, March 13. Ihe British Ad
miralty has contracted with various ship
building companies for ihe Construction of
five flrst-elass and twe third-class cruis
ers and, two battls-anlps.
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St. Train Finally Goes to Chicagro.
CHICAGO, March 13. Pitcher St Vrain
has- arrived to play with the Chicago
League Club, after nearly Jumping the
contract He played with Tacoma last
season.
TO GUARD AGAINST FIRE
EAST SIDE BUSINESS MEN "WANT
BETTER. PROTECTION.
Inadequate Water Snpply In District
"West of UalOa Avenne Caases
General Uneasiness.
Inadequate water supply for fire pro
tection in the district west of Union av
enue causes much uneasiness among the
business men there. It was Intended that
a 14-Inch main should be laid along East
First street from East Market, provided
several roadways between East First and
East Water streets were built Petitions
for thesa Improvements were gotten up,
but they were not sufficiently signed up to
earry the Improvement, and tjie whole
matter has been dropped for the present
It was proposed that this large main
should ba laid along the Southern Pacific
embankment but to be of service on
East Water there would have to be cross
streets, as there otherwise would be no
place to station an engine without them.
Te lay this main at a-coetof 514.000, with
out eross streets, would be a waste of
money, as there would be little if any
additional fire protection from it The
Water Committee has been ready to order
the main put down when the conditions
were compiled with. Several fires on East
Water street have demonstrated what was
known before, that the small main on
East First is wholly inadequate. Besides.
there is no safe place from which an en
gine ean take water from the river.
The increased number of large buildings
in this district, the growing shipbuilding
industry and manufacturing interests call
for some early provision for better fire
protection. There Is a growing conviction
along the water front that a flreboat
would afford better protection than even
a J4-lnch water main laid on East First
street
fFTLL MOVE 3IUCH DIRT.
60,000 Cablo Yards Will Be Sluiced
Iato Montgomery's Ravine.
Llnd & Manning, contractors for grad
ing the blocks of Dudley Evans on Rus
sell and Commercial streets. In Alblna,
are preparing to sluice the dirt Into Mont
gomery's ravine. They have, nearly com
pleted their machinery for the work, and
Mr. Lind said yesterday that they would
be ready to commence work In a few
days.
An engine and pump have been set up
in the ravifte. and a four-inch main has
been carried up the hill from the pump,
and yesterday was laid under Russell
street roadway. It will be extended up on
the blocks to be washed down, and will
be about 1200 feet long. A 10-inch terra
cotta pipe will be laid under Russell street
from the ground to the edge of tho ra
vine, and the dirt will be washed through
this.
There are about four blocks of high
bank to be cut away. In some places the
ground Is nearly 20 feet high. Contractor
lind says that about 50,000 cubic yards of
dirt will be mdved. The work will go for
ward rapidly when once started. It has
bean suggested that there might be much
"flour" gold In the fine sand of which the
main portion of the bank Is composed,
and. that it would pay to put quicksilver
In the sluice, to fiava it This may be
done.
BUYING FARM LAND.
Newcomers Are Making Homes in
and Beyond Powell's Valley.
Newcomers are buying farm land all
through Eastern Multnomah County, and
making homes. At Pleasant Homa farms
have changed hands aggregating In value
nearly $15,000. within the past few months.
,R. W. Parker, who lives on the Mount
xiuuu fuau, 3U.J3 mat xuur ui me lutaai
farms beyond Pleasant Home have been
sold to outside parties recently. He sees
new people almost dally In his many trips
between Portland and his ranch, which Is
about 45 miles from Portland. He has
been making almost monthly trips be
tween Portland and his farm for a year,
and he has opportunity of noticing new
developments. Sawmill men Jn Powell's
Valley also report that newcomers have
be em going Into that district for a long
time.
The class going in there seems to be In
dustrious and thrifty, and they take right
hold and clear up land. Mr. Parker says
that an electric railway to Mount Hood
through Powell's Valley would pay al
most from the start, and would cause the
country to develop very rapidly. He seems
to think that a railway will surely bo
built thers within a year.
FILLING UP THE LOOMS.
Part of Portland Woolen Mill at Sell
wood Is in Operation.
Part of the Portland Woolen Mill at
Sellwood Is In operation, and the looms
are being filled preparatory to the manu
facture of blankets. All is activity
throughout the plant Power from the
turbine wheel is now being used, which Is
ample for operating all the machinery.
ssHLa.
p-.aEmnKBrcwp-a r, a vtittw. iKBDaafe. -4b
Greatest in leavening "strength,! a spoonful
raises more dough, or goes further """
Working uniformly and perfectly, it makes the
bread and cake always light agd beautiful, and
there is never caused a waste of good floura sugar,
butter and eggs-
With finer foodlmd asavingof money comes
the saving of the health of the family, and that is
the greatest economy of aJL
PRICE BAKING POWDER CQ.J
CHICAGO.
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The preliminary work Is In the carding
and spinning of the yarn, after which the
looms will be filled.
About 50 hands will be employed, the
most of whom will have to be skilled men
and women, with experience In woolen
mills. These will have to be brought from
the East. Some have arrived already, and
by the time the mill is in full operation
Sellwood, will have a considerable Increase
In Its population, directly and indirectly
as the result of this mill. New dwolllngs
are being built all around the plant, and
still the demand for them is not met and
others will have to be put up or not all
the operatives can live at Sellwood.
Standard Box Factory.
It was found that the dryklln at the
Standard Box Factory, on East Water
street, was burned on the inside through
out, and that a considerable portion 'of
the lumber was scorched. It can be seen
that the fire had spread all through the
Inside at the time It was discovered. With
exception of a pile of lumber at the east
end of the kiln, which was scorehed, the
fire was' confined to the inside. A. G.
Woodcock, president of the company, yes
terday expressed his appreciation of the
work of the Fire Department in extin
guishing the fire with so little loss. Some
of the lumbor was for making Alaska
cases for the fisheries, and was seasoned
and ready for shipment
East Side Notes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunning yesterday re
ceived the news of the death of her
uncle, Fred Vandercook, at Fremont, O.,
on the 7th inst He was 82 years of age,
Mrs. Dunning visited him on her recent
trip to the East
C. H. Welch, who was appointed Jus
tice of the Peace for the new Mount Ta
bor district, has declined to accept F. 8.
Hale has been recommended for the place
by the Montavllla people. E. S. Wise, ap
pointed Constable, has qualified.
Archibald Oliver, a farmer living at
Sellwood, died yesterday at his home, 1773
East Thirteenth street. He was 69 years
and 4 months old. He is survived by
a wife and family. They had lived at
Sellwood for about six months. The fu
neral will be held this afternoon from
his late home, and the interment will be
In Lone Fir cemetery.
Look here, Mr. Repeater, Portland
Is too warm for yon today; too many
citizens are watclilngr you.
THI DEATH ROLL.
GencralDavId S. Stanley
WASHINGTON, March 13. Major-General
David S. Stanley, U. S. A., retired,
a notable figure in many campaigns, and
one of the few remaining corps com
manders of tho Western Army, died at
his residence here today, aged 73 years,
of chronic Bright's disease. He was
president of the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland, and for four years was
commander of the National Soldiers'
Home in this city.
William L. Elkins.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13 William L.
Elkins died today at his country home,
"Menlo Lodge." near Elkins Station, Pa.,
a few miles from thl3 city. He was a
son of the millionaire traction magnate,
and was himself prominently Identified
with many British interests. He was
about 3S years of age, and waa a well-
known club member. Mr. Elkins had
been 111 since October. His widow is the
daughter of -Colonel C. W. FeltOn. of Cali
fornia. General Aujrnstus Martin.
BOSTON, March 13. General Augustus
Martin, ex -Mayor and also Police
Commissioner of Boston, died at his home
In Dorchester today, aged 66 years. At
the time of his death he was city water
commissioner. He served In the Civil
War with great distinction.
Deaths on the Sheridan.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Six deaths
occurred on the transport Sheridan, which
arrived last night with troops from Ma
nila. Those who died were: James Brock,
Corporal. Seventeenth Infantry; John J.
Bland, private, Twenty-first Infantry;
John Henson, private. Second Infantry;
H. J. Bobbins, a discharged soldier of tho
Sixteenth Infantry: James Allen, private.
Nineteenth Infantry; John R. Welsh, pri
vate. Sixteenth Infantry. When 150 miles
out from Manila, the Sheridan passed an
ice floe 10 miles long.
To Investigate Suffrage Laws.
WASHINGTON, March 13. Representa
tive Crumpacker, of Indiana, today intro
duced a resolution authorizing the Speak
er to appoint a special committee of 13
members to investigate the suffrage laws
of the several states, and whether the
right of suffrage Is abridged or denied in
any way. A somewhat similar resolution
was agreed upon by a House Republican
caucus, at which a majority of members
was not present, but no action was taken
on It by the House committee oh rules.
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Steel Insot and Rail Production.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13. The Amer
ican Iron & Steel Association has received
complete statistics direct from the manu-
Cream
For forty years
.the favorite
Note. -Many mixtures, made in imitation of baking
powders, are upon the market. They are
s6ld cheap, but are dear at any price, be-
,r . causcthejrcontiia alum, a certosifre poison.
In the Seventeenth Cen
tury fhey used to wear hats
in Church and at Dinner.
Hadtheybeen GORDONS,
there would have been the
excuse 6f beauty as weft as
of comfort. ;.- .
Thejre good style. (Look
at them !) y , , .
They 'fe "easy (fry them
oni) --;
They're weli made.'
(Couldn't be better 1)
a
facturers of Bessemer steel Ingots and
castings in the United States In 1901t also!
of the production of Bessemer stael' rails'
by the producers of Bessemer ingots. Tha'
total production of Bessemer steel ingots,
in 1901 was S,7l3,302 gross tons, against
6.M4.770 tons in 1900, showing an Increase
in 1S01 of 2,208,532 gross tons. The pro
duction of 1901 was by far the largest la
the history of the country. The produc
tion of all kinds of Bessemer steel rails
by the producers of Bessemer steel Ingots
in 1501 was 2,287,2SS gross tons, against a
similar production in 1900 of 2,331,921 tons,
and of 2,240,767 tons in 1S9J.
AN EXTRAVAGANT ESTIMATE.
A Correspondent Extols Altseld aa m
Great Man in Every Sense.
PORTLAND, Or., March 13. T& the
Editor.) The death of ex-Governor John
P. Altgeld ends a career of more" than
passing Interest. Nature had given this
unusual man great powers" of intellect,
speech and character, and In these quali
ties he was perhaps the peer of any man
of his time, but in the devotion to high
clvle ideals, In his uncompromising sense
of Justice, in his fearless democracy, irt
his outspoken and chivalrous sympathy
with the oppressed and persecuted, ha
stood pre-eminently among all his con
temporariesL He was a man, in the ex
ercise of public functions, utterly heed
less of the prompting of self-interest,
brave enough to defy the menaces of his
powerful and combined enemies in his
stand for true democracy and reforms.
Reward was not the motive of his
deeds, and he had the rare quality of
perseverance In spite of popular Indif
ference and Ingratitude. A leader of
men, he had not a trace of the dema
gogue In him; he never flattered the
owd or played upon Its prejudices to
gain popularity, and with the thoughtless,
therefore, he was never popular. To the
f unmeasured calumny which some of tha
public press, seldom. If ever. In later
years, free from the service of special
Interests, employed against him, he re
plied by a life of the purest patriotism,
devoted to the public interest, and a
spotless record as & Judge and a Gover
aor. John P. Altgeld was a broad man; his
sympathies were world-wide; his waa
one kind of Justice and law for all; a
generous, sympathetic, impulsive man,
yet master of himself, we may for his
sake take some consolation In the manner
Of his taking Off. His call came during;
the exercise of a noble act In harmony
with his life. Upon his chosen field, he
died the death of a soldier and a hero In
the service of humanity of true de
mocracy. Leading in the struggle of the
oppressed against the tyrants of tho
earth, he passed away. May It please
Providence to arouse among this Nation
men to take his place.
ERNEST KRONER.
Warship Interrupts Communication.
COLON, Colombia, March 13. Tele
graphic communication between Jamaica
and Colon was Interrupted yesterday at
about the samo time that the United
States squadron of warships weighed an
chor. It is thought probable that the an
chor of one of the ships parted the sub
marine cable. The squadron was anchored;
outside near the entrance to the harbor.
Snlelde of a Newspaper Man.
NEW TORK, March 13. Andrew J.
Watrouse, a well-known newspaper man,
committed suicide today by shooting. Ho
had been a sufferer from insomnia, and,
had ben under the care of a physician
for some time. He came to New York 10.'
years ago from Philadelphia.
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powder